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Wow - heard on the air... (long)
Today I flew RST (Rochester, MN) to 3CK (Chicago-Lake in the Hills).
As I neared Chicago I was listening to 120.55, which is ORD approach for the North side. This was around 6pm, which is a pretty busy time for approach, lots of arrivals and departures in the ORD area. During the 15 minutes between Rockford and 3CK, I heard the biggest clusterf**k on the air that I've been witness to in my 10+ years of flying. I really wish I had a recorder handy because I couldn't believe the level of incompetence... Maybe someone can point a link to a LiveATC recording or simliar... Anyway, as I tuned in approach, I heard an irrated controller giving traffic avoidance instructions to the plane... This follows from memory, but here goes... Approach: Cessna 123, fly 130 for traffic" Cessna 123: 130 (note the lack of aircraft N-number in response) A minute later approach is reprimanding him for not flying 130, and asking him what his heading is. Approach: Cessna 123, what is your heading? Cessna 123: EAST!!! Approach: Cessna 123, say again, what is your heading? Cessna 123: EAST! Approach: How did you get on 090, I assigned you 130 for traffic. Cessna 123: Didn't you assign me 110? Approach: Nevermind. Cessna 123 fly 090, maintain 2400. Cessna 123. EAST and 24 A minute later... Approach: Cessna 123, I told you to fly 090, and now it looks like you are not on that, and you are descending. Fly 090 and maintain 2400. Cessna 123: 123, roger, 090, 24 A few minutes pass and a few vectors are issued to Cessna 123, which he roughly follows. During this period of time, Cessna 123 randomly and unprompted announces his heading and altitude on frequency. Approach: Cessna 123, you are x miles from CUTEY the OM, cleared ILS 16. Cessna 123: OK, will you tell me when I'm at the runway? editors note: it is perfect VFR, clear and vis probably close to 20 miles long pause Approach: Cessna 123, are you capable of flying an ILS? After a long pause Cessna 123: Ahhh, well, I am flying the headings you give me. Approach: Yes, but are you capable of flying the ILS into Palwaukee? Cessna 123: Ahhh, well, I meant to land at O'Hara, but they wouldn't let me because I didn't have the reservation thingy that is required, so they sent me to do the ILS at Palwaukee. Approach; Cessna 123, that's not what I asked you. Can you fly the ILS into Palwaukee? Cessna 123: Ahh, blah blah blah more about how he intended to go to OHara ...but we don't have an ILS chart for Palwaukee. ed. note: keep that in mind Approach: Cessna 123, OK. How about a visual into Palwaukee? Cessna 123: OK, a visual into Palwaukee. Approach: Cessna 123. Turn to 160 degrees, cleared visual approach at Palwaukee. Cessna 123: 160 A minute passes, and Cessna 123 calls out... Cessna 123: 123 is at 2400 and 160 Approach: Cessna 123, you do not need to keep giving me your heading and altitude. A minute or two later... Approach: Cessna 123. Did you want to go to OHare? Cessna 123: Yes, but we didn't have the reservation, so they sent us to Palwaukee. I've landed at OHara and Palwaukee before, so it does not matter to me, unless you can clear me to O'Hara. Approach: Cessna 123, I am Chicago Approach, I can clear you to any airport in Chicago. Do you want to go to O'Hare? Cessna 123: Yes, I would like to go to O'Hara. Approach: Cessna 123, turn right to 220, vectors to OHare, expect 9L. Cessna 123: Right 220, expect 9L, vectors. A few minutes pass... Cessna 123: You want me to land 9L, right? Approach: Yes, 9L. There is going to be airline traffic landing 9R, so do not cross the (garbled) ed. note, I assume approach said control tower as it separates 9L from 9R Cessna 123: 9L. At this point, I was in the pattern at 3CK, and faced with a tough decision. Get home and see my family, or fly another 30 minutes and listen to this guy's approach into ORD. I decided my family was more important, so I ended up landing. As I taxied in, a number of airliners were signing off on frequency changes with 'good luck'... So what's the point of posting this? One, I thought it was comical - I was practically crying listening to the exchanges... Second, I want to show the type of mindset that a few pilots have. The gentleman in question obviously did little/no flight planning, lacks basic flight skills, and lacks basic radio skills. He was flying IFR, but apparently without proper charts (I doubt he had any approach plates if he didn't have plates for PWK). This is the prototype for a pilot ready to give GA a major black eye. I guarantee if this was DC, he would have been another TFR/ADIZ bust. I sure hope this gentleman got a phone number to call upon landing, and a followup visit from the friendly folks at the FAA. -Nathan |
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